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Chechen Parliament dissolved to strengthen power in Chechnya
Monthly Archives: August 2008
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Two insurgents held in Chechnya
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Wedding party killed by Afghan road mine
Afghanistan
More than two dozen Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Farah and Uruzgan provinces. Three Taiban bombers were killed during a premature detonation. A top British general said British Muslims are fighting in Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda
US trial of bin Laden’s driver enters final stage
Al Qaeda
The Pakistani Taliban denied al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al Zawahiri was killed in the July 28 airstrike in South Waziristan. US intelligence officials have not seen evidence of Zawahiri’s death. Also see: Analysis: Reports of Zawahiri™s death are based on suspect sources from The Long War Journal.
IED hunters take on insurgency in northern Iraq
Investment in ‘alien-like’ mine-detection equipment pays off with more bomb discoveries, less attacks.
Al Qaeda
No evidence of al Qaeda No. 2’s illness or death, US says
Analysis: Reports of Zawahiri’s death are based on suspect sources
Independent, unconfirmed reports indicate al Qaeda’s second in command was either killed or seriously wounded in the July 28 airstrike in South Waziristan. Without US confirmation, these reports are just rumors.
Iraq
Iraqi troops killed four al Qaeda fighters, including two suicide bombers, and captured six in Dalouiya. Iraq security forces captured seven suspected terrorists during raids throughout Iraq, including four behind the suicide attack in Karmah in May. Coalition forces captured 21 al Qaeda operatives during raids in Baghdad and Mosul.
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13 suspected Taliban insurgents captured in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistan denies Kabul bomb link
Iran
Mofaz says Iran heading toward nuclear breakthrough
Afghanistan
Four US soldiers and a civilian were killed in an IED attack in Kunat province. One British soldier was killed in an attack in Khost province. Canada will lease Russian helicopters to supply their forces in Kandahar.
Afghanistan
‘I want to kill Canadians,’ says Afghan whose children died in shooting
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New US defense strategy centers on ‘long war’
Lebanon
Lebanon to Release Statement on National Resistance, Hezbollah Weapons
Iraq
Fewer Iraqi civilians killed in July
Pakistan
The Frontier Corps has abandoned several outposts in South Waziristan. US officials said Pakistani intelligence was behind the Indian embassy bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman said suicide attacks would be carried out in revenge for the Swat operation. Police set up 20 posts in Peshawar in an effort to prevent Taliban attacks. Security […]
Pakistani military abandons forts in South Waziristan
The Frontier Corps has left at least two outposts in the lawless tribal region run by Baitullah Mehsud.